SOUP/ TORTELLINI SOUP

       BY ANGELA LOCKE HARPER

Ingredients:

Angela made this soup for all the helpers when she and
Jeff moved in their new home.  It has become her Mom's
favorite soup since then!!  Delicious!!

Four    14 1/2 oz. cans of chicken broth

 (or 2 boxes of chicken broth - 64 oz.)

Two cans diced tomatoes

2 tsp. basil

4 to 6 cloves garlic, minced (more or 

 less, depending on your taste)

2 tbsp. butter

1 large box cheese tortellini (or bag

 of frozen tortellini)

1/2 bag of fresh spinach

Fresh Parmesan Cheese                                                                         

                                                                                        

In pot or dutch oven, saute garlic in

butter.  Add tomatoes.

Add broth and basil, bring to a boil.

Add spinach and tortellini, simmer

for approximately five minutes.

Top with fresh Parmesan cheese.

Serve with a crusty bread!

Angela, Baby Maddy and Great-Grandad Ricketts
at The Ricketts Family Farm, Lothian,  MD.